Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with bone tumor in hard palate near upper jaw treated by surgery
By Fontes, Gabrielle S et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2023·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Multilobular tumor of bone arising from the palatomaxillary suture line in the skull of a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old neutered male bloodhound was brought in after a mass was found in his mouth during a dental cleaning. A CT scan showed a well-defined, mineralized tumor located at the junction of the upper jaw and palate, which extended into both the nasal and oral cavities. The veterinarians performed surgery to remove the tumor, and the biopsy results confirmed it was a multilobular tumor of bone. This case marks the first successful surgical removal of this type of tumor from that specific area, and the dog is expected to recover well after the procedure.
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Abstract
A 6-year-old neutered male bloodhound dog was presented for surgical evaluation of an intraoral hard palate mass noted during a routine dental cleaning performed by the primary veterinarian. Computed tomography (CT) of the skull revealed a well-defined, multilobular, mineralized mass with a coarse, granular appearance, centered along the palatomaxillary suture extending into both the nasal and oral cavities. Bilateral caudal maxillectomy was performed for curative-intent resection of the tumor. The histopathology of the mass was consistent with a completely excised palatomaxillary multilobular tumor of bone (MLTB). This is apparently the 1st successful report of surgical excision of an MLTB associated with the palatomaxillary suture line. Key clinical message: Our findings emphasized that MLTB should be considered as a differential diagnosis for masses arising in the location of cranial sutures, and a definitive diagnosis can be made postoperatively with histopathology of the mass.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37265818/